Tekken has lost its soul.
Tekken was the first fighting game that truly captured me; starting with Tekken 2. While Street Fighter 2 was legendary, Tekken kept me up at night. And when Tekken 3 came out, I was spending hours upon hours in the arcade, mastering combos, techniques, characters...everything. Tekken 4 veered away from the series recipe a bit, but I really grew to appreciate it. It was different, but in retrospect, was a really good Tekken. Tekken 5 and Dark Resurrection felt like true spiritual successors of Tekken 3. Tekken Tag, of course, was Tekken 3 on steroids, and it was absolutely heavenly; Tekken Tag 2, more so. Since the introduction of bound, going forward, Tekken hasn't felt the same to me. I held on to hope, for years, hoping it might sort of go back to its roots, but I guess they're making more than enough money with this recipe and my money is less than a drop in the bucket.
I keep checking on Tekken every time a new one is released... But, it's more of the same. Maybe I'm just old now, and can't adapt. Oh well.